Cytotoxic effects of Echinacea root hexanic extracts on human cancer cell lines

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 148-153

  Chicca, A ^a   Adinolfi, B ^a   Martinotti, E ^a   Fogli, S ^a   Breschi, M C ^a   Pellati, F ^b   Benvenuti, S ^b   Nieri, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cancer cell; Cytotoxicity; Echinacea; Hexanic extracts; Polyacetylenes

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; CASPASE 7; CELL NUCLEUS DNA; DNA FRAGMENT; ECHINACEA ANGUSTIFLORA EXTRACT; ECHINACEA PALLIDA EXTRACT; ECHINACEA PURPUREA EXTRACT;

ADVANCED CANCER; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CELL VIABILITY; COLON CANCER; CYTOTOXICITY; ECHINACEA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; PANCREAS CANCER; PLANT ROOT;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS;

AGOUTI PACA; ASTERACEAE; ECHINACEA (ASTERACEAE); ECHINACEA ANGUSTIFOLIA; ECHINACEA PALLIDA; ECHINACEA PURPUREA;

EID: 33846841141     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2006.09.013     Document Type: Article

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